HOLOCENE AS ANTHROPOCENE

Abstract

Anthropocene seems a more reasonable name than Holocene for this combined time span, whose most characteristic trait is the human pressure on the planet. Holocene could possibly be the first stage of the Anthropocene, the one characterized by a soft and spotty human impact on Earth.

abstract = "Anthropocene seems a more reasonable name than Holocene for this combined time span, whose most characteristic trait is the human pressure on the planet. Holocene could possibly be the first stage of the Anthropocene, the one characterized by a soft and spotty human impact on Earth.",

author = "Riccardo Scalenghe and Giacomo Certini",

year = "2015",

language = "English",

volume = "349",

pages = "246--246",

journal = "Science",

issn = "0036-8075",

publisher = "American Association for the Advancement of Science",

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TY - JOUR

T1 - HOLOCENE AS ANTHROPOCENE

AU - Scalenghe, Riccardo

AU - Certini, Giacomo

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

N2 - Anthropocene seems a more reasonable name than Holocene for this combined time span, whose most characteristic trait is the human pressure on the planet. Holocene could possibly be the first stage of the Anthropocene, the one characterized by a soft and spotty human impact on Earth.

AB - Anthropocene seems a more reasonable name than Holocene for this combined time span, whose most characteristic trait is the human pressure on the planet. Holocene could possibly be the first stage of the Anthropocene, the one characterized by a soft and spotty human impact on Earth.